Here's what happened on this day in history on May 15:On this day in 1934, the U.S. Department of Justice offered a $25,000 reward for the capture of American gangster and notorious bank robber John Dillinger, dead or alive.Dillinger, who served nearly a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing a grocery store of $50 when he was a teen, "became a tortured, bitter man in prison," according to FBI.gov.After his release in 1933, he reportedly participated in 12 bank robberies between June 1933 and June 1934. Also, during a nine-month span, he and his gang killed 10 men, wounded seven others and staged three jailbreaks.He was killed during a police ambush in July 1934.Meanwhile, millions of American women flocked to stores to buy nylon stockings on this day in 1940, which were made available for purchase to the general public for the first time.Before stockings went fully synthetic, women relied on silk stockings, which easily snagged.Four million pairs were sold within four days, according to Smithsonian Magazine.And on this day in 1869, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in New York.Watch the video above to learn more about what happened on this day in history.

Here's what happened on this day in history on May 15:

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On this day in 1934, the U.S. Department of Justice offered a $25,000 reward for the capture of American gangster and notorious bank robber John Dillinger, dead or alive.

Dillinger, who served nearly a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing a grocery store of $50 when he was a teen, "became a tortured, bitter man in prison," according to FBI.gov.

After his release in 1933, he reportedly participated in 12 bank robberies between June 1933 and June 1934. Also, during a nine-month span, he and his gang killed 10 men, wounded seven others and staged three jailbreaks.

He was killed during a police ambush in July 1934.

Meanwhile, millions of American women flocked to stores to buy nylon stockings on this day in 1940, which were made available for purchase to the general public for the first time.

Before stockings went fully synthetic, women relied on silk stockings, which easily snagged.